Headlight



0. E. HUNT.

HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3,1916.

mmyvm PatontQd Nov. 18, 1919.

DRE [ND E; HUN T, 0T DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AEBSIGNOR T0 PACKARD MOTOR CAR UUMJPANT'. or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A GORPOTUTTIQN 0F ll/[ICHIGIANI HEADLIGHT.

fipcctlication of Letters Patent.

application filed lltlaya, with. ficrial No. 95,133.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, OnMoNn E. llliUNT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Detroit, lVayne county, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Headlights, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to an improvement in motor vehicles and particularly in the-headlights therefor.

One object of this invention is to provide a single unitaryheadlight having two separate recesses, one above the other, both closed by a one piece bezel.

Another object of the invention is to pro- "vide a single unitary headlight having two i lamps ditlering in intensity, the weaker being for city use and the stronger being for country use, a separate reflector for each lamp and a one piece bezel covering both lamps.

Other objects of the invention will becoine apparent from the to lowing description, taken in connection wi h the drawings which form a part thereol, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of a headlight made in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal section of such headlight taken along the line of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a detail view or" the hinge construction; and

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Fig. & is a' section on the 1ine' l l of Fig. 1 showing the means for holding the bezel in position. i p One of the requirements of a headlight to be used on motor vehicles is that the intensity ot the light should be alterable. lllany means of attaihingthis result have been tried. such changing the focus of the lanip or placing screen in front of the lamp, when a light oi low intensity was Headlights have also been built a single reflector, and double headlights each made up of two entirely separate lamps have been tried. This invention consists in a single unitary headlight with two separate lamps having. a one piece bezel provided with two openings correspond ng with the lamps.

The ret'eren'ce numeral is applied to the body portion of the headlight which con tains two recesses of unequal size, the larger 11, being above the srnallerflf). These rc- 'cesses, each cup shaped and circular at the outer edge where they contact with the cover, are each provided with arcflector 13 and lamp 'lt. The reflector is separated from the outer wall of the body portion and. in the space so provided are positioned the electrical connectors 15 between the'lalnps l4: and the binding posts 16 to which are to be secured the outside 'connections (not shown) from any power supplying means. The reflector '13 and lamp 14 in the larger recees ll are of greater concentration and higher intensity respectively than the reflector and lamp in the smaller recess 12, and theyconsequently illuminate the road l arther ahead. The lamps may be and gen erally .are used independently depending upon the amount and concentration of light desired. Y

The body portion 10 may be integral but is here shown as made up of two members one containing the larger recess ll and the other the smaller recess 12. These. members are welded or otherwise connected together at 17, the line of joining being; concealed by the plate 18. The outer edge of the body portion is effect as at 19 to provide a shoulder on which rests an intermediate member :20 secured to the body portion. The retlectors 13 are fastened to the u1en1ber'20 by nut and bolt connections, such as is shown for example at 21, a strip bl? felt 22 being introduced between the vreflectors and the member. The recesses are closed by a cover 23 composed of a one piece bezel 24 having two openings filled bypanes of glass 25 and '26 mounted therein, through which. the rays pass from the lamps. The outer edge of the bezel is turned back on iself as at 21' nearly to the edges of the panes oiglass, and carries plates 28 which extend over the panes and ,hold the some against the bezel, felt 29 being inserted on either side, ot' the glass in order to prevent any leakage of moisture, This part 27 also fits tightly around the felt to make a tight joint he tween the cover and the body portion.

The cover is mounted on the body portion by a hinge 30, one member 3'1 0t which is inserted between the bezel and the turned back portion and secured to the "latter, and the other member 32 of which inserted through a slot in the body portion 10 and is held in position against the inner surface of that portion by screws 33. The etl'ect of lid Till

such a construction is to conceal the greater art of the hinge mechanism. The cover is fixedly held in place by fastening means 34, between the larger pane and smaller pane 26. One of said means is illustrated in detail in Fig. 4 and consists of an internally threaded screw 35, the head of which coincides with the outer surface of the bezel 2+,

engaging a threaded stud 36 fixedly secured in the intermediate member 20 and extended outward through a felt strip A single embodiment only is shown and described but it is obvious that other modifications may be made which fall within the limits of this-invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is y 1. In a headlight, the combination with two lamps of different sizes and two reflectors therefor, of a body portion having two lamp recesses separately conforming in size and shape to said lamps and their respective reflectors, a common front cover for said recesses, a hinge connection between the cover and one point on the body portion, and fastening means for said cover at a point on the body portion between said recesses,

said means drawing the cover as a whole 5 one larger than the other and respectively conforming in size and shape to said reflectors, a front cover common to said re cesses and having separate panes corresponding to the latter and having a hinged connection to said body at a point on the body portion remote from the smaller recess, and fastening means for said cover at a point on the body portion between the two recesses.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

ORMOND E. HUNT. 

